Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year — the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years, according to a survey of arts participation conducted by the National ...

The weekly Writers’ Block Poetry Night has some elements you might expect. At a recent show, many poets signed up to read pieces on grief and identity, generating snaps and applause from the audience.

It isn’t a typical open mic, there’s no competition, no pressure to be published and no ranking of experience. This is The Poetry Atelier.

Retried EKU professor Jacqueline Jane Hamilton launched a non-profit call Why We Write, and helped compile the poems for 'A ...

Of course, I didn’t listen and tried to partake in everything the conference offered, from the early morning classes to the talent show and the pirate workshops, which often lingered into the wee ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

Northwestern’s Workshop in Trans Studies organized a poetry night Thursday evening with readings by two transgender writers in University Hall. The Workshop in Trans Studies is a graduate working ...

This week’s poem, Mary Tracy’s “Legacy,” considers our afterlives in the long span of deep time and larger natural cycles. I ...

On Sunday, thousands of writers and artists rallied across the country in defense of freedom of speech and to protest the political discourse of President-elect Donald Trump. Their mission, according ...